Magnetotelluric regional strike

Magnetotelluric analysis using Mohr circles

The Mohr circle, most commonly met in the analysis of mechanical stress, is used to depict magnetotelluric impedance information, taking the real and quadrature parts of magnetotelluric tensors separately. The magnetotelluric concepts of two-dimensionality, three-dimensionality, skew and anisotropy are then all given quantitative expression on a diagram, as are various magnetotelluric invariant...

To strike or not to strike.

Bounded influence magnetotelluric response function estimation

S U M M A R Y Robust magnetotelluric response function estimators are now in standard use in electromagnetic induction research. Properly devised and applied, these have the ability to reduce the influence of unusual data (outliers) in the response (electric field) variables, but are often not sensitive to exceptional predictor (magnetic field) data, which are termed leverage points. A bounded ...

Regularization analysis of three-dimensional magnetotelluric inversion

Inversion of MT data is an inherently nonunique and unstable problem due to the ill-posedness of the electromagnetic inverse problem. A variety of models may fit the data very well. To overcome this illposed nature of the inverse problem, we use Tikhonov’s regularization in which the ill-posed problem is replaced by a family of well-posed problems. We also analyze the behavior of the Tikhonov r...

Magnetotelluric Studies of Active Continent–Continent Collisions

Continent–continent collisions are an important tectonic process and have played a fundamental role in the evolution of the modern continents. A combination of geological and geophysical data has provided new constraints on the structure and temporal evolution of these orogens. Magnetotelluric (MT) studies have been an important part of these studies since they can constrain the fluid content a...